ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,115, issued on May 20, was assigned to University Of Miami (Miami).

"Endoscopic tissue inversion and resection system and method of resecting tissue" was invented by de la Cruz-Munoz Nestor Jr. (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic tissue inversion and resection system employs an exemplary endoscopic tissue inversion and resection device configured to invert tissue to plicate the tissue between a pair of clamping tubes that advance a clamp component and guide clamp components around the plicated tissue. A clamp component may include magnets and/or a shape memory material. The magnets may produce a pinching force of the ...